George B. Walsh Lecture Series

George B. Walsh Lecture

A distinguished classicist is invited annually to give a lecture in honor of the memory of George B. Walsh, eminent classicist, literary scholar, and member of the University of Chicago Classics Department.

2017-2018 George B. Walsh Lecture

Andrew Riggsby

Lucy Shoe Meritt Professor in Classics & Professor of Art History

University of Texas at Austin

"When does I + I = II? Quantification as Performance”

Friday, April 20, 2018

Previous George B. Walsh Lecturers:

2016/2017: Ruby Blondell, “The Gods Made Me Do It! The Divine Defense of Helen of Troy”

2015/2016: Joy Connolly, "The Promise of the Classical Canon: Hannah Arendt and the Romans"